Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 10,708, Asahel Frisbie, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Frisbie, Asahel or Frisbee.
NUMBER
810708
carded.
CONTENTS

20.498 New York
Asahel Griswold*
of Sullivan in the State of New York who was a Private in the Genl. commanded by Captain Bradley of the Regt. commanded by Pay. Col. in the Genl. time for 1 Year 10 Ds.
$40            $82.20 1.10            20.55 $41.10  $102.75
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $11 Dollars 10 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sep. 1833 and due to Mrs. Asahel Griswold Manhatten
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $102.75 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 th M. 34 20.55
$123.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Age June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. Attili Clerk Book E. Vol. 4, Page 36
Asahel Griswold* Recorded March 14/35

Asahel Finsbee 14,125.
On Rolls - Capt Stoddard - Col Chandler. from 19 May 1777 to 1 Jany 1778. Ymo 11. 00.

2 of 1st Dist. Ulster County } 31
On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sullivan Asahel Frisbee a resident of the Town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan and State of New York aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born in New Haven County Connecticut in the year 1756. That he enlisted as a volunteer in June 1776, the particular day not recollected at Roxbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut where he then lived in the Company of Captain Bradly, he thinks his first name was Abraham: Tilly Blakesly lieutenants & one Morris Ensign in Colonel Gays Regiment. It was called the New Levees in General Wadsworths Brigade. A few days after enlisting went to New York, arrived a few days after the 4 th of July 1776, & joined Colonel Gays Regiment there: was there a short time: was then ordered to Flatbush on Long Island & joined General Washingtons Army there: remained there encamped until the Army retreated from the Island 29 th August 1776. crossed the river in the night the troops were all night crossing - continued all this time with his Company: of the officers on the Island when he was there he recollects General Washington, General Putnam & Lord Sterling who was taken prisoner. After crossing the river his regiment was stationed about two miles above New York on the East river side at Turtle Bay as it was then called - remained about two weeks encamped there - he was then taken sick with a fever & placed in the hospital at the barracks in New York - on a Friday, (don't recollect the day or month) all the sick who were able were paraded & examined by the doctors, & all returned unfit for duty were next day transported to Hoboken in New Jersey, deponent was one of the number - on Sunday following the Enemy, shipping came up the river and fired on the sick and wounded at Hoboken. The sick were then transported to Hackensack - deponent remained there about 2 weeks, then recovered his health and joined his Company at Harlem - remained there a short time. Then marched over King's Bridge to a place called Miles Square in Westchester County - thence to White Plains, & arrived on the day the battle was fought there, just before the British arrived - the battle took place on the high lands, Col. Webb's regiment, Col. Meigs's regiment & some of M c Dougal's troops were engaged - deponent's regiment was ordered back to throw up an entrenchment - he was not personally engaged in the battle - the battle commenced in the afternoon in September 1776 - remained at White Plains

a short time - then marched to North castle in Westchester County & encamped there - & remained till 25 th December 1776 when his time expired & he was discharged - received no written discharge - went home to Roxbury.
Next spring in May 1777 the enemy burnt Danbury - the Connecticut militia was called out - the stores at Danbury were burnt - a Saturday defunct then belonged to Captain Cornelius Bronson, company of militia - does not recollect the other officers names - On Sunday after marched to Danbury - the buildings were then smoking - went to Ridgefield a Monday morning - found 8 of the British dead on the ground - defunct counted them - on the preceding Sunday there had been a battle there in which Gen. Wooster was killed - defunct was not engaged in it - marched to a place called Camps hill in Fairfield County - there met the enemy - marched up to a stone wall or a breast work & was then engaged with the enemy - defunct this company was compelled to retreat - defunct returned to Roxbury - the whole time here out did not exceed 5 days -
In the same May that Danbury was burnt, defunct enlisted at Roxbury for 8 months - does not recollect the day particularly - enlisted in Capt. Nathan Stoddard's Company (who was afterwards killed at Bunker Hill) - lieutenant's name was Judson W. Strong Ensign, not recollect , in Colonel Chandler's Regiment - his time was to be out in January 1778 - re-enlisted at Danbury - remained a short time there - then marched to Peekskill, continued there a considerable time encamped on the highlands - other troops were also there but does not recollect officers names - then was ordered to march to Pompton plains in New Jersey - went & remained a short time, & was then ordered back to the old encampment at Peekskill - continued there till the latter part of August - the troops were then ordered to the South to join Washington's army - a great many were sick with the measles - loads of sick & defunct of the number, were conveyed to Fishkill & placed in the old academy & barns as hospitals - defunct's brother Abial was also there sick & died 1 October 1777 - after defunct recovered a little he was employed in attending on the other sick & in the physician's - was so employed until 1 January 1778 - when his time was out and he was permitted to return home - received no written discharge - Mr. Wells, was commissary at Fishkill.
Next year in 1778 defunct went as a volunteer to Fishkill & bore his own expenses in Captain Cornelius Bronson's company, remained a short time only and was dismissed.
Afterwards defunct & Ebenezer Warner hired a man, Isaac Dyckman, to serve during the war, for $80. defunct paid $40

as the man went on his duty - does not recollect the Regiment in which he was - I suppose now lives in Thompson Sullivan County where he has lived for a great many years of flesh. That no documentary evidence could be found of his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Isabel Frisbee
Sworn to & subscribed the day 3 & year aforesaid
Jesse M Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Com Pleas
We Edward H Fowler a clergyman residing in the town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan and David Hammond residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Asahel Frisbee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution that we concur in that opinion -
David Hammond Edward H Fowler
Sworn and subscribed the day
year aforesaid -
Jesse M Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Com Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories pre- senting by the War Department, that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward H Fowler who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Thompson in said County and that David Hammond who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asahel Frisbee for

a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - Jasper N. Fisher

14.125 Asahel Fribbee Sullivan Co NY
ms Roll May 19. 77 - June 7
Admitted Penalty 12 mo & 10 days 5.14.14 16 $350
May 8. 33
P F Bunn

BRIEF in the case of Asahel Trisbee 6 th of Sullivan in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1776 to 25 Decemb r Private Gen. Capt Bradley Col l Gay   1777 5 " Col l Bronson   8 " Col l Steadman Col l Chandler   1778 Time of service not stated " Col l Bronson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate Co l Conn t  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attached as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard L. Utts
Examining Clerk.

Rev War
10708 INVALID.
File No. 10708
Anahel Frisbie ★ Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Anahel Frisbie ★ Records corrected. Mch 14/95. f.

I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asahel Frisbee for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three - Jesse M Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Co. Pa.

I Lucy Hall formerly Lucy Freche of Roxbury in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify, and say that my Brother Michael Freche according to my best recollection was born the information I received from my father's family that he was born in the year 1846 in the Month of July & that I was three years older than my Brother Michael and at the time he enlisted was 23 years old when my Brother Michael which I should say according to my best recollection was some time in the month of June 1876 and that he returned for the month, did not return home until sometime the latter part of December the same year and the next Spring I think in the Month of April my Brother Michael was called out in a Sursum to go to Danbury but soon returned and I also recalled as hearing the cannon and also that General Austin was killed but he soon returned home but I also think that my Brother Michael enlisted, soon after returned from the Sursum at Danbury I think in the Month of May 1877 into Capt Nathan Stoddard's Company in Col Chandler's Regiment I believe not at return home until some time in the month of January 1878 and further the deponent saith not Roxbury August 21 1882 Lucy Hall
Middlesex County ss Roxbury Aug 21 1882 Be it remembered that on the day of above said Lucy Hall who hath subscribed the fore going Deposition with her Mark appeared before me and after being Examined to speak the whole truth made oath to the same Deposition which is taken at the request of Michael Freche to be use in a cause before Judge Snuggler a Surrogate Judge for the County of Sullivan in which the said Michael Freche seeks to prove that he was a soldier in the revolution war the reason of taking this Deposition is because the witness is unable to travel to Sullivan County in the State of New York by reason of age and infirmity but that She is of sound mind and of good memory as testified by me Isaac D. Eastman Justice of the peace

I finish Sir Jonathan of Frankburg in the County of - State of Connecticut - Elizabet of lowfull age testify & say that I have been acquainted with Michael Fresbie about forty years or more and while living in Frankburg of one said he sustained a good Moral Character and was generally respected by the older class of men that are now dead and I have often heard them say that he served as a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war & since he moved to the town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan I have often heard him spoken of by my acquaintance that rended them that he sustained a good Moral Character & further the Defendant sayth not Frankburg August 21 st 1832 Jonathan D. Eastman

I John Strong of the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say
That I was an Ensign in Capt Nathan Stoddards Comp y in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment Commanded by Col John Chandler and was knowing to Asahel Fiske - Serving in the Comp y of the said Capt Stoddard under Col Chandler - in the Revolutionary War and that he enlisted for eight Months in the year 1777 the aforesaid Asahel Fiske then belonged in the Parish of Roxbury in the Town of Woodbury and County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut
Further the Deponent saith not
John Strong
Woodbury Litchfield County Connecticut
August 22 d 1832 Personally appeared John Strong to me known to be a credible Witness and made oath that the above Deposition subscribed by him is true
Gideon B. Batzford justice of the Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Poriah M. Eastman Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Lucy Hall appears to have been taken was on the 21 st day of instant August & that he now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, & that Gideon B.
Buttsford Esq. before whom the preceding Deposition of John Strong appears to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield, & that the preceding signatures which purport to be theirs respectively are their respective hand writing & are genuine. —
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 22 nd day of August A. D. 1832. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the signatures of Poriah M. Eastman and Gideon B. Buttsford and do believe their signatures subscribed to the within & annexed Depositions to be

this genuine signatures. I also certify that I am acquainted with the character of John Strong, (one of the within named Deponents) & that he is unquestionably a credible Witness. I have no knowledge of the other Deponent Lucy Wall.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 16 th day of May A.D. 1833.
Frederick Wolcott Clerk.

We the Subscribers do severally swear that we are well acquainted with Asahel Friebe, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and do believe him to be a person of strict truth and that the utmost reliance may be placed upon his affidavits -
Sworn before me Oct 9 th 1832
Jesse M. Foster
Clerk of Sullivan County
D. F. Brown David Hammond

I Abm Brownson of the Town Thompson in the County Sullivan of New York of Seventy three years of age next January and have always been acquainted with Askel Frisbee from Childhood till this time and was noing of his intisting in 1776 in Capt Bradleys Company under in Col o Jays Regiment he intisted under Lieut Gilley Blakley in Capt Bradley Company I was not present when he intisted but was told by him and his Lieut that he had intisted and I had some connection in the same Company and they told me of his serving in that Company till his time was out and was cald a good Solger, His intistment was in the Town of Woodbury in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut and I under the he intisted in Capt Sladderd Company in 1777 in Col o John Chandler Brig for how long a time I dont know his first intistment was eight month Mr Frisbee in the lives in the Neighborhood with me and is a profered of Religion and a man of truth and Varasity equal to any man in this Neighborhood.
Sworn & subscribed this 9 th day of Octobr 1832 before me J. S. Foster
Abm Brownson
Clerk of Sullivan Co. P. C.
I certify that I am acquainted with Abraham Brownson the above named witness & that he is a person of strict truth & veracity —
June 11. 1833 J. S. Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Co. P. C.

Isabel Fiske
P. F. Hume Monticello, N. York

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Aschel Frisbee Sullivan & W. York which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.